Sikkim, the first organic state in northeast India, is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, rich in its biodiversity and climate, charming with its environment, cuisine, culture, and wildlife. Its astounding landscape includes the picturesque view of the highest mountain in the country and the third-highest in the world, Mt. Kangchenjunga, the beautiful lakes, rivers, monasteries, waterfalls, orchids all of them satisfying with their uniqueness. Sikkim surpasses in terms of the stimulus it has to offer through remarkable views of the glaciers, the hot springs, and streams, and numerous adventures.
Some Must Do things in Sikkim
The season of mountaineering has two sets of durations one in between April to June and the other in between September and November which are the safest period for mountaineering. The views from the high altitudes are breathtaking and also the trails of the alpine meadows along with the rhododendron fields, the appealing falls in the mountains, and the nature full of wide varieties of flora and fauna provides you peace and tranquility.
Significant Peaks –
- Frey Peak – gives Adrenaline climbing thrill
- Mt Jupono – a major attraction
- Mt Brumkhangse – relatively moderate trekking
- Mt Thinchenkhan – door to the sight of beautiful lakes
To be a bird and watch things over from up above is a different feeling on its own. Both paragliding and hand-gliding give you this opportunity to enjoy this view of rivers, villages, forests, and a lot more while feeling the perfect blow of the wind. To get the best experience of these two adventures, visit Yumthang Valley in North Sikkim and Jorethang in West Sikkim.
With the arrival of the season of snowfalls comes the snow deposition over the sloppy mountains and the beautiful state brings the opportunity to enjoy another adventure, skiing. The best time to visit Sikkim to enjoy skiing is in the winter months between November and March in the Yumthang Valley and the Phuni Valley.
Alluring trekking trails are another speciality of Sikkim, they come with varying lengths some being long but eminent others being short and fascinating. The treks go by hamlets, eye-catching views of most of the specialities of Sikkim.
Treks –
- Green Lake Trek
- Village Trek
- Monastic Trek
- Rhododendron Trek
- Singalila Trek
- Dzongri Trek
- Phoktey Dara Trek
- Goechala Trek
Captivating view of the vast sky with billions of stars is once in a lifetime opportunity in itself. It’s like heaven on earth. Sikkim gives that opportunity too at Switzerland of Sikkim, Mt. Katao, which is the best spot for stargazers. Being around about 15k ft. above sea level it is free from light pollution and is scarcely populated thus making your stargazing trip worthwhile.
Teesta-river is expeditious and thus holds the offering to perform rafting activities. Rafting is a high-grade activity in terms of adrenaline shoot up and heart pumping which gives a full-on adventure feel. The Rangit river is also good for rafting.
Things to Remember While in Sikkim
- Restricted Area Permit (RAP) earlier known as inner line permit and Protected Area Permit (PAP) must be carried by foreigners along with Indian Visa. Indians must also carry PAP if they wish to visit any of the protected areas.
- Luggage must involve seasonal items of clothing according to the weather for the period of your visit. The summers are still welcoming but the winters are savage. First aid kit, antibacterial creams, sunscreen lotions, woolens are a must.
- Before the visit go through the state’s policy about places, wildlife, and interaction with the natives.
Things You Will Need in Sikkim
With plenty of picturesque landscapes, who would not wish to record the moments to look back at them whenever they feel like? Capturing the bird’s eye view as you soar in the sky while paragliding is another thing you wouldn’t like to miss. GoPro is the best equipment to be carried to do that which you can take on rent from us. Go ahead and rent GoPro Hero 8
Willing to visit Mt. Katao to grab the opportunity of pollution-free view of the vast sky. What else is better than a telescope? Who would be spending to buy such an expensive instrument so why not rent it from us? Here is the link to rent telescope in Sikkim from Vacaystore.
The versatile equipment to catch the eye on things at distance, the animals and birds afar. If Telescope doesn’t seems handy, binoculars can help with even viewing stars. We have these equipment on rent too! sounds great right? Go ahead, renting it then. Here’s the link to rent Binoculars in Sikkim from Vacaystore.
We travel for few days and relive the memory for many years. While everyone carries a good camera in their mobile now, the beautiful sights in Sikkim will require a better camera. Carry along a good DSLR, take a lot of pictures and relieve those memories forever. Here’s the link to rent our cameras in Sikkim.
Talking about touring Sikkim! Woolens are a must. Coming from places far away with heavy luggage, it’s not convenient to carry the heavy winter jackets all the way. Why not then rent them too. We provide well dry cleaned jackets of superior quality so don’t worry about hygiene. Rent clean and good quality jackets in Sikkim from Vacaystore. Here’s the link.